
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
“It's 1947's Richest Comedy!”
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Producer: Roy Del Ruth
Overview
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
Where to watch?
Data source: JustWatch
Cast

Don DeFore
Jim Bullock

Ann Harding
Mary O'Connor

Charles Ruggles
Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor

Victor Moore
Aloysius T. McKeever

Gale Storm
Trudy O'Connor

Grant Mitchell
Al Farrow

Edward Brophy
Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton

Alan Hale Jr.
Whitey Temple

Dorothea Kent
Margie Temple

Edward Ryan
Hank
Cathy Carter
Alice

Charles Lane
Landlord (uncredited)
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Reviews
8.0John Chard
December 28, 2019
Remind me to nail up the board in the back fence... It Happened on Fifth Avenue is directed by Roy Del Ruth and the screenplay adapted by Everett Freeman & Vick Knight from a story by Herbert Clyde Lewis & Frederick Stephani. It stars Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles, Victor Moore, Gale Storm, Grant Mitchell…